“I Could Not Live Up to It”
Another Presbyterian elder, also a clear thinker, a lawyer of ability, was recently facing the question of the need of victory in his own life. When the Scripture promises were presented to him, and he was asked whether he would take victory, his reply was a decided “No.”
“Why won’t you?”
“Because I am not sure I could live up to it.”
He still had two parties in his contract. He was still thinking under, and living under, the Old Covenant.
It sounds reasonable when a Christian says, “Of course, I am sure that Christ will always be faithful to his part, but the failure will come because of my weakness.” When a Christian says that, he is not in victory; he has missed the very heart of the Victorious Life. He is still under the Old Covenant. For God made the New Covenant with full knowledge of that weakness of mine. Indeed it was just because of that weakness of mine that the New Covenant was made. Had the weakness not been there the Old Covenant would have sufficed. The New Covenant is of no avail, and means nothing, if it is not to operate in spite of that weakness.